Milk-can.



` U. B. PEOPLES & A. B. YBLTON.

MILK GAN. l APPLICATION FILED FBB.23

Patented. June 25,1912.

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Ilnvencor Witnesses UNITED STATES PATENT onirica.

CHARLES B. PEOPLES A1\TD ALBERT E. YELTON, OF BUTLER, KENTUCKY.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES B. PnorLEs and ALBERT E. YELToN, citizens of the r-United States, residing at Butler, in the 5 county of Pendleton, State of' Kentucky,

have invented a new and useful Milk-Can, of which the following is a specification.

This inventionrelates to milk cans, and

. has vfor its primaryobject to combine with l the cover of a milk can, a receptacle which is adapted to enter the can and which is adapted forthe reception of a cooling agent,

-suchv as ice, whereby the milk and cream may be cooled-while in transit, for the pur- 1 '5 pose of preserving the milk and cream and retaining Ithe nutritive properties and to prevent the souring of the milk or cream.

' This invention also contemplates the combination of a receptacle for the reception of 0 ice or other cooling agentswith the cover of v the can in a novel arrangement or relation. This invention further contemplates for the provision of a receptacle of that character, which may be applied to the covers af'milk cans in common use, without the necessity ofa special cover.

With the foregoing and other objects in View, this invention is embodied in the novel construction and combination of parts elic- Sqited in the following description and herei-nafter specifically claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, wherein the invention is illustrated, the figure shown being a vertical central vsection of a milk can embodying the present invention.

Referring in detail to the illust-ration, the numeral 1 designates the body of an ordinary milk can, havingthe contracted neck 2, and the numeral 3 designates the ordi- .nary cover for the milk can seatable on the neck andwhich has an annular flange l() fitting into the neck of the can.

In providing the milk can with the present invention, a circular hole 4 is punched or stamped through the cover 3 to provide an axial opening therein. An elongated' tubular receptacle 5 is then inserted through the axial opening 4 to depend axially within thecan in a spaced relation to its body, bottom and neck, this tubular receptaclel yhaving its upper end outturned to provide* a fiange 1-1 seating on the cover 3. The flange 11 and the adjacent portion of the tubular receptacle 5 are secured to the cover 3 by soldering or in any other smllar man- MILK-CAN Specification of Letters Patent. Application lei February 23, 1912.

Patented June 1912. serial No. 679,433,

11er, in which event the receptaclel is solelv supported by the cover of u This receptacle 5 is provided with a removable closure, the closure.v consisting in a, stopper 6 having an annulardepending flange 7 insertible into `the upper end of the i tubular receptacle 5 and having anl upper flange 8, which is seatable on theflange ll of thel receptacle 5. This stopper also has a ring 9 or other finger hold attached thereand handling the same.

In use, after the milk can has been filled, ice or other coolingagentis inserted into the receptacle 5 and the ystopper 6 is then inserted into the upper end. ofthe said receptacle to close the same and thereby close the chamber thereof from the atmosphere. The cover 3 is then placed 'uponthe can in the customary fashion,the receptacle 5 being tofor convenience in removing the stopper.

inserted through the neck of the can, in

which event, the milk can is in condition for the milk can.'

shipment. The ice or other cooling agent f within the receptacle ,5 cools the milk and cream within the can while the'milk 'can is en route to its destination, and therefore pre-y vents the milk and cream from souring while in transit.` The milk and cream in this man ner are retained at a sufficiently low temperature whereby the milk and cream may be shipped to distant points without danger of a disintegration of the particles of the milk and cream, and without the loss of the nutritive properties of the milk and cream.`

An important feature of the present invent'ion, is the fact that the customary milk can in use' may be readily altered to embody the same, without the necessity of a special cover or body for the milk can, and with but little trouble and at a small expense. The tubular receptacle 5 is also of a diameter considerably smaller than the di'- ameter of the neck of the milk-can or .of its the external heat would be readily conductf ed to the receptacle 5, it being known that sheet metal is a goodconductor of heat and cans of this character usually being constructed of sheet metal, which would reduce the cooling eiect of the Vice orl the cooling agent Within the receptacle transmitted to the milk and cream.

- cover and the receptacle 5 need not contact i with orbe secured to the body, neck or bottom of the milk can n any manner.

. It is understood that this invention may be applied to various forms of milk cans, and the tubular receptacle 5 may be constructed of various diameters and lengths to prevent the level of the milk and cream Within the can from rising so as to v,overovv the-can when the cover isplaced upon the milk can.-

What is claimed is: l' y l f In combination with a milk can embodying av contracted neck and its cover seatable on the neck and having a flange adapted to'l lit in the neck and provided with an axial opening, of a tubular receptacle passing through the said opening, depending axially Within the can in a spaced relation to its bodyl bottom and neck, having its upper end out-turned to provide a flange seating on and soldered to the cover for solely supporting the receptacle by the cover, and

adapted for the reception of a cooling agent and a stopper insertible in the upper end o the receptacle and having an upper flange seat-able on the former flange so that` the stopper lies approximately flush with the' cover.

In testimony that we' claim the foregoing as our own, We'have hereto aiiixed our signatures in the presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES B. iJEoPLEs. ALBERT n. YELTON.

Witnesses:

Gr. B. MGLAUGHLJN, B. WIGGINGTON. 

